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From: straley@pro-graphics.cts.com (Scott Straley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: IBM Compatible Choices
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Date: 1 Mar 90 11:57:59 GMT
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Hello,
   I'm looking to be putting up a board in about 10 - 14 months. I have a
relatively low budget and have a bunch of questions:
        1) Is speed a big factor, I mean between 12 and 16 MHz. Will that
improve the transmission speed any? I will eventually (hopefully) add a second
and/or more lines.
        2) Is there any software that allows access to USENET feeds, mail and
such; can run multi-line, and operates under MS-DOS ?
        3) What type of memory requirements should I look for is 1 meg enough
or should I spring for 2 or 4.
        4) What are the configurations and costs of some existing boards?

I want to be able to run this effeciently, and I want it to be an appealing
board. Monney is an issue, but I'd rather wait a few more months to save up
and get the better system if that'd improve things drastically. I know alot of
System Administrators/Operators have spent a lot of money and investigated a
lot of software --- if you can shed some light on any of your successes and
misfortunes, I'd appreciate it. 

Thanks,
Scott Straley
 
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